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JOHN e. PUGSLEY, o r NEW YORK, Nt Y; Letters Patent No. 71,412, dated November 26, 186i.

'-ELASTIG REIN-PULL.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN GPUGSLEY, of the city and State of New York, havefinvented ab new and useful: i

Elastic Rein-Pull; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and lenact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure luis a plan of the rein-pull.

Figure 2 is a perspective view, showing the manner of attaching it to the rein and how itis held `by the hand.

Figure 3 is a View of the pull in the form of a loop.

The vobiect of my invention is to relieve the driverV or rider of the `sudden jerks or pulls of a hardfpulling` 1 i horse, by placing in the hands of the driver, or rider a rein-pull having a certain amount ofV elasticity, which yields to the pulling or jerks of the horse, thus saving. the driver or rider, and the horse, the fatigue consequent upon such action when driven or ridden in the ordinary way.

I make the body A of my rein-'pull of elastic rubber. I prefer a tub e,`as shown in gs. 1 and 2, of ,slxch` a sizeas properly to fill the hand, and of such lengtlralnd stiffness as will give `thesmount of yieldv and elastic i force required, which may be according to the known peculiarities/ of the horse to be driven orridden; Toone l Aend I attach a buckle, B, by a strap, C, of leather, sewed throughthe `rubber in proper harness style;` this ,i buckle may have a tongue, or otherwise. To the other end I, in the same manner, attach a loop, D,`jnst sui` 1 cient to freely admit the rein. The rein ispassed through the buckle along the pull, and thence through the loop.` The pull is grasped by the fingers, which may pass between the pull and the rein, but the thumb should be placed over the rein, and rmay at any moment hold it firmly against the fore-finger. In" use the rein slips through the hand, as the pull yields to any pulling of the horse, or reacts on any relaxation of strain I do 4not wish to confine myself to the precise form shown in figs. 1 and 2, as I contemplate thelise of `two r modifications, one being an elastic loop with the buckle andkeepebloop, as shown in Eg,v 3, (one side of theloop` to be held within the hand, as'de'scribed, the other side outside of the fingers; in thatcase the principal strain` comes upon thelittle finger,) the other being an elastic rubber with a button behind thenhaind, and the rein inside; in this case the rubber would be compressed by strain, the buckle would be behind the hand.`

I do not claim the interposition of an elastic strap between the rein and the Ybit of a horse-bridle, astthe` same has been used attached tothe bit, although I believe without good result.

ABut what I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An elastic rein-pull adapted to being grasped by the hand, and interposed between the hands and the reins,"

as and for the pnrposes'set forth. v v In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature, this fourteenth day of October, `AnD. 1867.

JOHN G.\1 UGSLEY."

Witnesses:

' CRAs. H. SMITH,

Guo. D. WALKER. 

